We don’t deserve Deerhoof. In the beginning, as with any new romance, we were smitten and told the world—glowing reviews serving like love letters. But now, after two decades of innovative vacations through avant-garde art-rock, noisepop and twee punk, we’ve started to take them for granted—rarely a “best of” list or big-headline profile piece to show we care. In short, our once-fiery passion has settled into a comfortable marriage: Every year or two, they put out another album of rattling distortion, childlike hooks and lurching funk grooves, and we respond with yet another appreciative but lackluster pat on the back. With Mountain Moves, Deerhoof spiced up our relationship by recruiting some outside assistance. Argentinian songwriter Juana Molina forms a seductive, swirling vocal collage with bassist Satomi Matsuzaki on “Slow Motion Detonation.” Rapper Awkwafina slides in for some comically silly outbursts on “Your Dystopic Creation Doesn’t Fear You,” which morphs gleefully from feathery soft-rock to metallic, razorlike riffs. The album’s most surprising guest is Wye Oak frontwoman Jenn Wasner, who contrasts her robust croon with Matsuzaki’s youthful coo on “I Will Spite Survive,” a power-pop anthem that could be the most linear song in the band’s catalog. Mountain Moves would have dazzled even without collaborators (or the handful of unexpected cover songs, including Matsuzaki’s lo-fi take on Bob Marley’s “Small Axe”), but you have to admire Deerhoof’s determination to mix things up—reminding us of a greatness we fail to acknowledge often enough.